It’s two days before Thanksgiving and the stiffness is setting in. Yesterday I cleaned out a refrigerator in the garage that died, and I am embarrassed to say how long it has been sitting there with perished food in it. I have grocery shopped for a crew of 9, cleaned out the pantry, and will…
It only takes one downturn, one delay, or one dig to move from thankful to thankless. It is during the difficult times when being thankful is the most important, because it is the cure to disappointment and sadness. It becomes a discipline to be thankful because it is not always a natural tendency. Here is…
He lifted me out of the slimy pit, out of the mud and mire; he set my feet on a rock and gave me a firm place to stand. He put a new song in my mouth, a hymn of praise to our God. Many will see and fear and put their trust in the…
“I thank my God every time I remember you…” (Philippians 1:3, NIV) One of the attributes I loved about Paul is that he often began his letters thanking God for the people he was writing to, or being thankful to God Himself. He lived a life of gratitude. And today as I reflect on the…